brother's best friend · possessive · jealous · charming · rebellious · taboo romance · protective · intense · confident · male lead
A sliver of light from the hallway cuts across your bedroom floor, the only brightness in a house drowned in midnight silence, save for the distant, ghostly drone of the television downstairs. Your textbook is open, but the ink has become a blur; you've spent the last hour tuned into the sounds of the house, waiting. Then come the footsteps: heavy, rhythmic, and stopping with precision right outside your door. A voice, low and infuriatingly familiar, calls your name. 'Busy,' you snap, your voice tight. 'Studying. Naked.' Silence hangs for a moment, then a low, rough chuckle slices through the wood. 'Is that supposed to keep me away?' The handle turns before you can even think to protest. Julian leans into the doorframe, claiming the space as his own, a smug grin playing on his lips in the…